Depleted Habs take on Devils in New Jersey
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Alex Tanguay and Carey Price have joined Saku Koivu, Chris Higgins and Georges Laraque in the Canadiens infirmary.
Alex Tanguay and Carey Price have joined Saku Koivu, Chris Higgins and Georges Laraque in the Canadiens infirmary.
Hats off to Maxim Lapierre! His goals sure did the trick! You’d certainly say he’s a natural! (I’ve got plenty of these, and I missed grading Kostitsyn’s hat-trick game, so I’m using them all here).
Both the Habs and Bulldogs won one game this week. Fortunately for the Habs, they played in just one, but Hamilton wasn’t so lucky, losing two along the way.
Part 1 of this 2-part article posted earlier this week assessed Montreal’s defence situation, looking at what the issues are that need to be fixed and evaluating potential in-house options to fill these holes.
Being the storied franchise that the Montreal Canadiens organization is, its fans have naturally developed a tendency to hold their team to a higher standard.
The Habs split their 4 games this week but lost both games to a team that is quickly becoming a rival in Carolina.
This was a consistently exciting game for the full 64 minutes and 35 seconds. Both teams were flying all night, with a combined 80 shots hitting the goalies or the twine.
Thomas Vanek leads all NHL goal scorers with 24 goals; three of those have come while playing the Canadiens. Vanek had the only Sabres
For all the bad losses we’ve been seeing, this was a helluva turnaround! Pretty much everyone was on their game, and a lot of things just went right for a change.
It’s hard to call this loss heartbreaking. 11 straight penalties against the Canadiens had the fate of the team sealed early.